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The UFV Cascades women’s soccer team travels to Edmonton, Alberta this coming Sat, Oct 25 to face the University of Alberta Pandas in the Canada West Quarterfinal playoff match. The match is scheduled to be played at Foote Field, at noon (Alberta time – 11 am PST). The Cascades lost 4-1 to the Alberta Pandas … Read more

Tue, Nov 5, 7 pm — Heat vs. San Antonio Rampage Wed, Nov 6, 7 pm — Heat vs. San Antonio Rampage Sat, Nov 9, 7 pm — Heat vs. Toronto Marlies Sun, Nov 10, 4 pm — Heat vs. Toronto Marlies Thu, Nov 14, 8 pm — Alice Cooper Concert Fri, Nov 29, 7 … Read more

Congratulations to History department head Alisa Webb, acclaimed to the Faculty of Humanities vacant position on UFV Senate. Thank you to Alisa Webb for putting your name forward. For more information, contact Lisa McMartin at lisa.mcmartin@ufv.ca

The Writer’s Weekend was a sunny success. UFV’s first Continuing Studies programming in Hope in over a decade saw 12 participants take in a weekend of writing around the fireside and breaking for outdoor activities such as walks and outdoor wood-stove pizza lunch. “We had an enthusiastic group of writers who took advantage of all … Read more

The countdown to Christmas has begun, and it’s time to get those Purdy’s orders done! All UFV employees have an opportunity to purchase Purdy’s chocolates at 25% off the retail price by participating in the annual group purchase plan. The brochure is available online at http://www.purdys.com/images/X13_GPP/X13_GPP_brochure_2013.pdf, or in H:\Public\Temp\Purdy’s Group Purchase\Christmas2013Brochure.pdf. I also have a … Read more

Financial Aid and Awards will be closed on both campuses on Thurs, Oct 24 for an all-day training session. We will re-open on Oct 25 at 9 am. For more information, contact Sheila McKay at sheila.mckay@ufv.ca

IT Services will be performing scheduled Banner maintenance on Sun, Nov 3 from 7 am to 1 pm Banner will be unavailable during that time. This includes all Banner users and anyone accessing student or employee information through myUFV. Student and employee email and online learning will be available during the outage. For more information, … Read more

UFV is taking part in the fourth annual Recycle My Cell Challenge taking place in schools across Canada. The challenge runs from Oct 21- Nov 22 and encourages students and employees to recycle their old, unused, or broken cell phones, smartphones, wireless PDAs, pagers, batteries and accessories. There are prizes available to the school that … Read more

UFV Cascades Women’s and Men’s golf  teams win CCAA national championship in Quebec City    TheUFV Cascades men’s and women’s golf teams both captured the 2013 CCAA national championship titles on Oct 18 at the Royal Quebec Golf Club, in Quebec City, Quebec. This marks the program’s first national titles for both teams and the first … Read more

The Student Activity Centre will be closed at 6 pm on Fri Oct 18 due to the varsity volleyball games happening in the Envision Athletic Centre. Come cheer on your Cascades! http://www.ufvcascades.ca/athletic-facilities/sac-north-gym-schedule/ For more information, contact Cheryl Van Nes at cheryl.vannes@ufv.ca

The remote network file access system http://gateway.ufv.ca will be undergoing maintenance on Sun, Oct 27 from 7-11 am and will be unavailable during that time. For more information, contact Shane Schlosser at shane.schlosser@ufv.ca

the eHelp Desk system (ehelpdesk.ufv.ca) will upgraded to the latest version on Sun, Oct 27. The system will be unavailable from 8-10 am on that day. http://blogs.ufv.ca/itservices/2013/10/ehelp-desk-upgrade/ For more information, contact Web Applications team lead Robyn Harcott at robyn.harcott@ufv.ca

Nikolas Vojnoviche, of  UFV Cascades men’s volleyball , and Kierra Noot of UFV women’s volleyball are the UFV Cascades/Abbotsford Heat Athletes of the week, for the week ending on Sunday, October 13. Noot led UFV to a pair of three set sweeps to open the 2013 PACWEST regular season, over the CBC Bearcats, in Abbotsford … Read more